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Nuclear TigeRES vs magic — match prediction & analysis

2 September at 18:00 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

Ranking, form, head-to-head, map pool. Those four decide most CS2 series, and they are what we ran Nuclear TigeRES vs magic through.

Our call: magic to win — 70% (a high-risk pick)

How it ended

Nuclear TigeRES won 2–0. ❌ Our call was wrong — we said magic at 70%.

Anubis — 13–11

Ancient — 13–5

Inferno — –

Nuclear TigeRES

✅ Strong recent form: 19 wins in last 27 (68%) shows momentum

❌ Weak head-to-head (45% versus magic) undermines matchup confidence

magic

✅ Strong recent form: 8 wins in last 12 (66%) shows momentum

✅ Head-to-head edge: 55% versus Nuclear TigeRES historically gives veto and psychological advantage

Head to head

Nuclear TigeRES and magic have met 11 times in the period we track — Nuclear TigeRES 5, magic 6.

The maps

Anubis — Nuclear TigeRES's pick

Ancient — magic's pick

Inferno — the decider

Our picks

🎯 Series — magic to win 2-0

🎯 magic to win Anubis

🎯 magic to win Ancient

More on these teams

All Nuclear TigeRES predictions and results
All magic predictions and results

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Statistical model estimates, published for entertainment. Match data: HLTV.org.